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An antislavery coalition forms the Free Soil party and nominates former president Martin Van Buren as its candidate.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
He was nominated by Democrats who did not believe in "squatter sovereignty," and by a new party which called itself the Free Soil party.
From A Short History of the United States by Channing, Edward
Here the Free Soil party found its strength and New York newspapers expressed the political ideas.
From The Frontier in American History by Turner, Frederick Jackson
In 1848 it became merged in the Free Soil party and ultimately in the Republican party.
From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith
One consisted in having this Free Soil party, to which Tabor belonged and which made him a member of the Legislature of that State in 1857, just after its admission into the Union.
From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by Grable, F. C.
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